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Germany: Ver.di and Deutsche Post end their wage conflict in two German postal subsidiaries
After two warning strikes, the services' union Ver.di and Deutsche Post reached, on December 2, 2008, a wage agreement which ends a conflict which lasted for several months in two subsidiaries of...
4 December 2008
Spain: two rulings by the Supreme Court force nine supermarkets to respect the right to 48 hours of weekly rest in a row
Judges gave satisfaction to the trade unions in two similar rulings which concerned Carrefour for one and Makro for the other. The two rulings force these companies to respect their employees'...
4 December 2008
Netherlands: ten applications for partial unemployment or assisted reductions of working time approved
Ten applications for State support as part of the new system of partial unemployment or assistance in reducing working time (ATV) were already approved by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs...
4 December 2008
EU: 10.7 million euro from EU Globalisation Fund to help redundant workers in Spain and Lithuania
The European Globalisation adjustment Fund (EGF) has made payments totalling 10.4 million euro to Spain to help some 1,600 workers made redundant, when the American multinational Delphi decided to...
3 December 2008
Great Britain: insurance companies which covered the employer at the time of exposure to asbestos have to compensate mesothelioma victims
The UK's umbrella Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT) have welcomed a new High Court ruling which forces insurance companies to honor...
3 December 2008
Poland: TP SA phone company signs a new social pact
The management of the phone company TP SA (France Telecom group) and the company's 18 unions signed, on November 27, 2008, a new version of the Social Pact for 2009-11. This new text, which will...
3 December 2008
Latin America: ILO reports slow wage growth
Latin America is the region in the world which registered the slowest income growth since 1995, as pointed out by an ILO report which analyzes wage evolution in the region. In five countries...
3 December 2008
Spain: the Ministry of Labor wants to impose the negotiation of actual social plans in the event of mass layoffs
The government wants to suggest to the social partners to impose social accompanying plans, until now optional and hardly used in Spain, even though, according to the Status of Workers, they are...
3 December 2008
France: adoption of the Labor Income Act
The Labor Income Act was adopted by the Parliament on November 27, as an answer to the decreasing purchasing power of French employees. We are presenting a review of its main provisions which...
3 December 2008
EU: the French presidency stays on track for the permanent adoption of the recast of the EWC directive by the end of the year
In spite of the fact that MEPs from the Committee on Employment adopted some amendments introducing significant changes to the recast EWC (see our dispatch No. 080915), the French presidency and...
2 December 2008
France: seniors’ employment at the center of the Social Security Finance Act 2009
On November 27, the Parliament permanently adopted the 2009 Social Security Finance Act. Several provisions concern the seniors' employment and companies directly. The goal is to encourage seniors...
2 December 2008
Solvay: the management and EWC sign a charter on sustainable development and corporate social responsibility
Contribute to the emergence of a corporate vision on sustainable
development. With this charter, EWC members
expressed their will to the exercise of Social Corporate Responsibility in the...
1 December 2008
Belgium: enforcement of the welcoming leave
The Royal Decree
sets the welcoming leave to a maximum of six days per calendar
year as opposed to ten days in the draft Royal Decree adopted by the Council of
Ministers last year (see our...
1 December 2008
Switzerland: unions defeated on flexible retirement age
Swiss unions suffered a major defeat on Sunday, November 30th, during the referendum on the introduction of a flexible retirement scheme for low incomes. Indeed, 58% voted against the possibility...
1 December 2008
Netherlands: borders will stay closed until 2012 for Bulgarian and Romanian workers
At the request of the Parliament, the Dutch government decided, on November 27, 2008, to keep the borders closed until 2012 for citizens from Bulgaria and Romania, two countries which joined the...
1 December 2008
Poland: early retirement rules hang in balance
Since the Diet permanently adopted the law which limits access to early retirement to arduous work (see our dispatch No. 080728), Poland's key trade unions have stepped up their lobbying efforts...
1 December 2008
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5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
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France: Club Med includes “multiculturalism” in its professional equality agreement
In December 2025, Club Med and the CFTC, Unsa, and FO trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality and working conditions. It introduces measures addressing AI, pay transparency, and...
23 March 2026
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Greece: hospitality sector signs first collective agreement aligned with National Social Pact
The hospitality sector (125,000 employees), one of Greece’s largest industries after retail, signed a new two-year collective agreement on 17 March. The text, effective from 1 April 2026...
19 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026
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Germany: a wave of redundancy plans in the automotive sector
The latest financial results presented in early 2026 by major German car manufacturers show sharp declines. This collapse in profits has triggered the announcement or confirmation of massive job...
16 March 2026